Don’t Sleep On These New Hip Hop Releases
Insomniac Magazine shatters the underground with a host of brand new Hip Hop bangers you’ll keep on repeat all week! You know what time it is. Get yourself in gear for Insomniac Magazine’s Weekly Top 10!
1) Every artist has that one song audiences constantly clamor to hear. For Prince, it was “Purple Rain.” For Led Zeppelin it was “Stairway To Heaven” and we have a feeling that decades from now heads will be lining up around venues worldwide to witness ETO perform his instant classic on arrival…the WALLY CLARK laced “Vino Sagrada!” Sweeping arrangements & rhythmic flourishes conjure a cinematic vibe. The track seems grandiose in scale yet intimate enough to believe we’re witnessing a confessional meant for our ears alone. Picture yourself in the corner of a whiskey bar when a lone figure steps up to a makeshift stage & pours out his soul. He’s joined by a gifted musician on guitar who strums magical strings to punctuate every word. That’s Eto & Wally Clark. Together they create music that doesn’t just touch the soul…but burrows deep inside.
2) DNTE drops serious self-produced heat aimed at the rat snitches who keep flappin’ dem lips! “Chapstick” is three minutes and 53 seconds of pure aggression. A hardcore beat shuffles in accompanied by deep chords that signal MURDER! The Falconcrest supreme spitter suavely latches on to the irresistible soundscape & rides it all the way to the top of the charts. Yep, it’s another hit for the High Heat Records lyrical kingpin. The charges won’t stick but the impact of this joint will last forever!
3) SLEEP SINATRA x META THE GREAT flaunt their status as “Guardians Of The Universe” by destroying monstrous mumble rappers & weak MCs on the KAMAKAUZZY powered mega-banger “Gamera!” The two lyrical all-stars trade bars as they surf across the ethereal jazz/boom bap soundscape with ease. Check out the titans as they go to work! Dreamscape continues to deliver the stuff of dreams while creating nightmares for the competition.
4) It seems that whenever CERTAIN.ONES team up with the phenomenal PARANORMAL we receive a mind-blowing audio event for the ages. In other words, expect the same brand of sonic brilliance on their latest WANN SKLOBI laced heater. Leader of the pack, BOBBY CRAVES, incites a symphony of defiance that contrasts perfectly with Paranormal’s Doomsday prophecies. The bold warriors of wordplay attack the superior soundscape with a vengeance! It’s all about the skills. “No Weapons!”
5) SEAN PRICE continues to bless us from the great beyond as he drops new heat with LIL FAME called “Center Stage!” The lyrical legend delivers his trademark rhyme flows & humorous bars with so much finesse we’re sure a lot of y’all so-called rappers quit the game at the 30-second mark. No one compares to Sean Price. No one ever will. Combine that star power with the M.O.P. assassin’s ill track & you get a high-powered banger that will stand the test of time!
6) THE MUSALINI cooked up a collabo of epic proportions by enlisting PLANET ASIA & G4JAG for a stroll down “Broadway.” The P SOULOIST powered audio extravaganza takes us to the block and gives us what we need in terms of top tier lyricism & production! Three distinct rhyme styles coalesce into one brilliant work of underground art! Salute the team & keep this joint in your daily rotation!
7) ROC MARCIANO & KNOWLEDGE THE PIRATE don’t just run this town. They OWN it. If you have any doubts, check out the soul-powered, Old West styled sonic smackdown “Tom Chambers!” Mellow grooves transform into uptempo euphoric excitement then settle back into a serious pimp strut as Roc & Knowledge drop jewel after jewel! Listening to this joint WILL make you cooler but don’t let that go to your head. You’re just a crumb on the table in the sonic feast they’ve prepared. PRESS PLAY & don’t get in their way!!!
8) JAMIL HONESTY told us to “RunIt Back” & we did just that about 50 or 60 times before finally callin’ it a night! The DJ GRAZZHOPPA featured banger is a surefire hit! PRXSPECT channels nostalgic vibes into the mellow soundscape that allow us to REWIIIINDD back to the past. Jamil recounts Golden Era artists who influenced him to enter the game. Now HE’S part of the NEW Golden Era with a legion of aspiring MCs finding inspiration from his every word.
9) BIGBOB crafts another heat-packed head-nodding hit! MILANO CONSTANTINE & SADAT X join LDonTheCut on a serious sizzler called “RepresenterS” so you can be sure mics are guaranteed to get wrecked! Milano looks inside Diablo’s Eyes & makes the Devil cower in fear while Sadat X reminds y’all what the old New York was all about! LDONTHECUT sprinkles the stellar soundscape with colossal cuts to add another layer of excitement. Who represents Hip Hop? They do. Can’t Stop. Won’t Stop. This crew’s invincible!
10) Time to close out with a BANGER! COUSIN FEO x LORD JUCO head back down to France for a KEOR METEOR powered match called “Corde Du Roi Cloths!” Two of the most coveted lyrical technicians continue to bless listeners with this fantastic series. DJ DUBPLATES is back on the 1 & 2’s to shower listeners with more turntable excitement as Death At The Derby dominates the chart again!
Well that’s it for this week. Catch ya next time and…DON’T SLEEP!
– Kevin Keith
